Carlene Jackson Burton was a Western Shoshone woman born in Schurz, Nevada. She attended Stewart Indian School in the late 1950s for one semester when she was fourteen. Her mom was a single parent and when she moved to Austin, Nevada for work, Carlene chose to attend Stewart instead of relocating to the Austin school. Carlene was familiar with Stewart because her two older brothers attended the school. However, she immediately regretted her decision, and did not return to the campus the next academic year. She worked a variety of jobs her whole adult life, including waitressing, health care and working at mines in Nevada, finally retiring from the Nevada Department of Transportation. She currently resides in Battle Mountain, Nevada. This oral history recounts Burton’s professional and personal life as well as her time at Stewart Indian School.

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